Posted on 01/17/2018 7:39:04 AM PST by bitt
House investigators concluded that Democratic IT aides made unauthorized access to congressional servers in 2016, allegedly accessing the data of members for whom they did not work, logging in as members of Congress themselves, and covering their tracks, according to a presentation summarizing the findings of a four-month internal probe.
Their behavior mirrored a “classic method for insiders to exfiltrate data from an organization,” and they continued even after orders to stop, the briefing materials allege. There are indications that numerous members’ data may have been secretly residing not on their designated servers, but instead aggregated onto one server, according to the briefing and other sources. Authorities said that the entire server was then physically stolen.
When acting on the findings, Democratic leadership appear to have misrepresented the issue to their own members as solely a matter of theft, a comparison of the investigators’ findings with Democrats’ recollections and a committee’s public statement shows, leading 44 Democrats to not conduct protective measures typically taken after a breach — including informing constituents whose personal information may have been exposed. (A list of the involved members is below.)
The presentation, written by the House’s Office of the Inspector General, reported under the bold heading “UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS” that “5 shared employee system administrators have collectively logged into 15 member offices and the Democratic Caucus although they were not employed by the offices they accessed.” It found indications that a House “server is being used for nefarious purposes and elevated the risk that individuals could be reading and/or removing information” and “could be used to store documents taken from other offices.” The server was that of the House Democratic Caucus, a sister group of the DNC that was run at the time by then-Rep. Xavier Becerra.
The aides named are Imran Awan, his wife Hina Alvi, his brothers Abid and Jamal, and his friend Rao Abbas, Pakistani-born aides whose lives are filled with reason for concern. Abid’s Ukranian wife Natalia Sova and Haseeb Rana were also involved in the Awans’ activities but departed the House payroll prior to the investigation.
Such a huge story just sitting out there. I hope that when the time is right, DJT puts the right frame around it so the public can understand and be properly outraged.
Pocki-stonies. As in Soetoro’s good buddies.
Thanks bitt.
Why is he charged with money laundering and not TREASON!!
Someone please wake up Vip Van Sessions and have him call his office.
>> This news isn’t surprising, but it sure is infuriating.
Agree. This is a big “duh”. Anyone on FR could have told you this months ago.
Time for some long prison sentences for all concerned, INCLUDING congress critters who allowed it. DWS should be top of the list.
Nobody goes to jail? I haven’t even heard it reported on the network radio news. Not interesting to the swamp media, it seems.
1.) They made unauthorized access to congressional servers in 2016
2.) They were accessing the data of members for whom they did not work
3.) They were logging in as members of Congress themselves
4.) They were covering their tracks
5.) Their behavior mirrored a “classic method for insiders to exfiltrate data from an organization” (Gee, how many millions did we pay to have them conclude this???)
6.) They continued even after orders to stop
7.) Numerous members’ data may have been secretly residing not on their designated servers, but instead aggregated onto one server (Hmmm...I wonder why? I wonder...)
8.) Authorities said that the entire server was then physically stolen.
WTF! The server was "stolen"? You know, I thought the weaponizing of the FBI by Leftists to take down the opposition campaign was (or should be) the biggest scandal of our lifetimes by far, INCLUDING Watergate, but THIS...how is this not getting to the public in the tone it should be?
I did just hear at 1:30 that “breaking news” at 1:30 would be that Trump “cooked the books” on terrorism or some such baloney. I turned the radio off and came here to see if it was already reported. So I find this about the Awans whose name or treachery most Americans have never heard. So much for “news” organizations.
I am about ready to explode.
In healthcare, if someone stole a computer, flash drive or other storage device which was unencrypted and had patient data on it, the government would swoop in with extended talons, even on small semi-mom and pop organizations, and levy mind-bending and severe (even catastrophic) fines in the millions of dollars with absolutely no qualms!
HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN, NOT A HEAD ROLLS, AND IT BARELY EVEN MAKES IT INTO THE MEDIA! HOW?
Oh, it’s coming, it’s coming...
Did you all see the news about the Naval accidents? Criminal charges, homicide...
Only if they name names, Make sure its not done as fiction.
mark
“The aggregation of multiple members’ data would mean all that data was absconded with, because authorities said that entire server physically disappeared while it was being monitored by police.”
So, did the Awans just lift this little piece of evidence right under the noses of the cops, or did they get a bit of “help” from DWS?
FBI leadership is corrupt, and the lower level agents have no choice in what is investigated.
Part of a Deep State cover-up.
The biggest deepest spy ring in the history of the country and not one word about it in the MSM.
The MSM are enemies of the people.
+1
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